Gear box manufacturer to create 38 engineering jobs at its Huddersfield headquarters

The firm delivers precision-engineered industrial gear systems, manufactured for a range of industrial applications including mining, pulp and paper, power generation and defence.

The company can trace its roots back to the 1860s in Huddersfield when it began cast gear manufacturing.

David Brown merged with Santasalo in June 2016, and today the group provides systems and services to more than 6,000 customers worldwide.

It has 26 locations worldwide and employs over 1,200 people, with 350 based in the UK.

"We are on a growth trajectory and our recent client successes have paved the way for this raft of new opportunities within the marine, engineering, and heavy manufacturing departments at our state-of-the-art Huddersfield site,” said Leanne Crowther, DBSantasalo’s HR manager for UK operations.

E3 Recruitment director Tracie Norton said: “DBSantasalo has earnt a reputation as a great, and really innovative, company to work for.

"Employees are valued and enabled to develop, and there are diverse pathways to professional development on offer, including competitive salaries, comprehensive benefits, and a dynamic work environment.”

She added: “We are really pleased to be working with DBSantasalo on this major recruitment programme, which is great news for Huddersfield and is also further evidence of the value and importance of engineering and manufacturing skills and qualifications to the economy.”

E3 Recruitment is working in partnership with DBSantasalo to recruit for a range of Huddersfield-based roles including quality and manufacturing engineers, assembly team members, general labourers, CNC machinists and manual millers, programme managers and schedulers, project controllers, senior design engineers and buyers.

"The roles will support programmes across the firm’s engineering, marine and large gear cell departments.”

David Brown Santasalo (DBS) was bought by Stellex Capital Management from N4 Partners in March this year.

At the time, David Armitt, chief executive at David Brown Santasalo, said: "On behalf of David Brown Santasalo, we are very pleased to have secured this investment by Stellex. They have experience investing in our sectors, have spent time working with us on our plans, and clearly see the potential of DBS to further develop our services for customers.

"I look forward to this new chapter in which we can continue to strengthen our position in the market."

Karthik Achar, partner at Stellex Capital Management, said: "We are excited to welcome David Brown Santasalo into the Stellex portfolio of investments. DBS brings global delivery of gear manufacturing and service expertise within a broad range of critical service sectors, and with many long-term relationships.

"We look forward to working with the management team and its employees as we strive to deliver growth and build on the company's successes into the future."